Norris, Frank. Cargill, Oscar.
The Epic of the Wheat. The Octopus. A Story of California. With an Afterword by Oscar Cargill.Publisher: New American Library [c1964]. "A Signet Classic" CT212First published 1901, the first novel in a projected "trilogy of wheat" based on political & economic struggle between owners of the vast wheat fields of California's San Joaquin Valley and owners of the (Southern Pacific) railroad monopoly that controls transportation. 472 p., 18 cm.; VG. 34794.